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# loans - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
Poll: Should moneylenders include 'tobacco-style' warnings in ads for high-cost loans?
Warnings often appear in the contract, rather than the ad.
# loans - Friday 19 April, 2019
Taoiseach says he didn’t realise his mortgage could be sold on by his bank when he took it out in 2003
In an interview with TheJournal.ie this week, the Taoiseach said he understood the intent behind Sinn Féin’s No Consent No Sale Bill.
# loans - Saturday 16 March, 2019
Councils no longer operating loan scheme to help struggling homeowners with repairs
There is a disparity across the country with some local authorities operating the schemes while others stopped years ago.
# loans - Monday 28 January, 2019
New State lender to give cash to small developers to build homes for first-time buyers
The new state lender aims to deliver 7,500 homes within five years.
# loans - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
Mortgage-holders caught up in PTSB loan sale to be invited to tell of the turmoil it has caused
Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said a full committee session should be dedicated to the loan book sale.
# loans - Wednesday 1 August, 2018
Calls for Dáil to be recalled after PTSB sell thousands of home loans to vulture fund
The bank sold its controversial Project Glas loan portfolio to a so-called vulture fund for around €1.3 billion.
# loans - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
PTSB sells thousands of home loan mortgages to vulture fund
A total of 7,400 are owner-occupier mortgages, while 3,300 are buy-to-let properties.
# loans - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
18,000 overcharged business accounts: Ulster Bank admits some customers complained five years ago
In a recent review the bank found it did not have the right five years ago to raise the rate of interest for for these customers.
# loans - Friday 15 June, 2018
Irish economy is growing substantially but Brexit 'poses major threat'
High levels of household and public debt are also concerning, the Central Bank has said.
# loans - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
You can now view your own credit report for loans over €500
The register was formed as part of the EU/IMF bailout programme.
# loans - Saturday 24 February, 2018
PTSB chief refuses to appear before Finance Committee next week over loan sale
The bank recently announced it is to sell off a €3.7 billion portfolio of non-performing loans, including mortgages 14,000 private dwelling homes.
Dealing with a vulture fund - how these families have coped
With tens of thousands of mortgage holders potentially facing vulture funds, we spoke to some people who’ve been through it already.
# loans - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
Minister concedes homeowners who engaged with PTSB may not have deals honoured
PTSB, which is 75% State owned, has been defending its plan to sell off a book of non-performing loans.
# loans - Thursday 15 February, 2018
'You're throwing people to the vulture funds': Government criticised for taking no action to halt PTSB loan sale
PTSB, which is 75% owned by the State, states it is selling off non-performing loans.
# loans - Monday 12 February, 2018
'I wouldn't want to go up against them alone': Vulture fund ramps up taking homeowners to court
Pentire Property Finance is a subsidiary of US investment giant CarVal.
# loans - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
Irish Prison Service paid out €500k in loans to inmates over three years
The loans were given for a number of reasons, including the purchases of games consoles.
# loans - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
'No ifs, no buts, no education cuts' - Students from across the country march through Dublin
The government is being accused of “kicking the can down the road” on education funding.
# loans - Friday 22 September, 2017
Bank ad ordered to be changed after child shown wearing puffy jacket in car seat
AIB was found to be in breach of the advertisers’ code.
# loans - Friday 14 April, 2017
'Why were only three bidders selected?': Call for investigation into Nama sale of Project Tolka
Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath has called on the C&AG to investigate the sale of a Nama portfolio.
# loans - Monday 20 February, 2017
Bank of Ireland 'Fomo' loans for students branded as 'irresponsible'
The loans were only offered to a select number of students at Dublin City University.
# loans - Monday 9 January, 2017
'Out of the blue, we got a letter to say our loans had been sold to a vulture fund'
Housing has become the biggest issue for hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland.
# loans - Monday 2 January, 2017
'The Central Bank is in the dark' over how many business loans vulture funds own
Michael McGrath said that the situation was “incredible”.
# loans - Monday 25 July, 2016
Ireland's local authorities are over €4 billion in debt
Minister Simon Coveney says he doesn’t believe that any of the loans are unsustainable.
# loans - Thursday 9 June, 2016
New law to grant extra powers to allow the Siteserv inquiry get on with work
The ongoing investigation into the IBRC and the Siteserv deal has been held up by strict issues of legal confidentiality.
# loans - Friday 13 May, 2016
One of the country's top golf courses, Druids Glen, has gone into examinership
Druids Glen says despite the court proceedings it will be a case of “business as usual” at the course.
# loans - Thursday 25 February, 2016
Here's everything you need to know before you look at getting your first mortgage
We’ve got you covered.
# loans - Thursday 17 December, 2015
Football fans offered loans of up to €30,000 to pay for Euro 2016 trip
One TD has warned that the loans are reminiscent of “the economic euphoria” of the boom.
# loans - Wednesday 16 December, 2015
AIB is going to start paying back some of those billions to Ireland
Shareholders will vote today on a number of measures.
# loans - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
What on earth is this Siteserv story all about - and why is it back in the news?
Denis O’Brien, IBRC and an obsessive TD are all part of tangled web of controversy.
'Very good man' who stole almost €1.7 million from Credit Union jailed
The total net loss amounted to €453,300 as he was repaying debts he already had with the banks.
# loans - Friday 26 June, 2015
The IBRC gave A LOT of commercial borrowers really good interest rates
A parliamentary question has revealed that as many as 40% of commercial loans had interest rates of less than 2%.
# loans - Thursday 7 May, 2015
Jury in Sean FitzPatrick trial asked to return next Wednesday
The judge said there were “unforeseen matters” in the case.
# loans - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
The government says it saved over €10bn by complaining to the Troika
Some people still think we could have got a better deal, however.
# loans - Monday 6 April, 2015
'We will pay': Greece agrees to IMF loan repayment
The country’s finance minister has promised deep reform.
# loans - Tuesday 24 February, 2015
Two men and two women in Clare charged over illegal money lending
The four were among a group of 11 people arrested in garda raids in 2013.
# loans - Monday 16 February, 2015
300,000 people who owe €2.5 billion have asked for help
MABS has been busy.
# loans - Thursday 5 February, 2015
Euro takes a wallop as ECB plays hardball with Greece
The central bank will no longer accept Greek debt as collateral for loans.
# loans - Monday 5 January, 2015
What's the best credit rating score and how do you find out yours?
These are some of the most common questions house buyers ask.
# loans - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
Irish people repaid €335m more than we borrowed last month
We all partied, eh?
# loans - Friday 31 October, 2014
SMEs will soon to able to access €800m from Ireland's newest bank
The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland is hoped to be up and running by the end of the year.
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Poll: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
MESSAGING APP WhatsApp today introduced new measures to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform.
The move will see messages, including video content and images, restricted from being forwarded to more than one person in one go.
The app previously allowed messages to be forwarded to up to five people in one go but with the large volumes of misinformation around Covid-19 being circulated, the company, which is owned by Facebook has moved to restrict forwarding.
Other social media companies have also tried to combat misinformation on their platforms by including links to the World Health Organisation and the HSE.
So today, we’re asking: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
Poll Results:
Yes (4657)
No (878)
I'm not sure (176)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Wellness Wednesday: Mother Nature can help us cope with Covid-19 confinement. Time to walk, look and meditate!
By Gerry Raftery
Mindfulness teacher Gerry Raftery says Spring brings us much-needed stillness and simplicity.
'Nefarious actors are at the root of Covid-19 fake news - and they are part of dangerous geo-political games'
By Billy Kelleher - @BillyKelleherTD
GOAL: We hope to learn lessons from the west when tackling any African Covid-19 outbreak
By Dr Enida Friel
Dr Enida Friel of GOAL says Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all countries.
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